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Healthy Minds in Practice: Mindful Sensations Audio Practice

August 9, 2019

In this five minute seated body scan practice, you'll learn how to focus your attention on the sensations in your body to help you be more present and aware.

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Your Well-Being

Mobile Program Expands Possibilities

August 2, 2019

A collaboration with the Center’s affiliated nonprofit Healthy Minds Innovations is opening the door to new research, made possible by its Healthy Minds @Work Program. Sasha Sommerfeldt discusses how this collaboration is working in a new study.

Well-Being in Adults

Faith in action: Loka Initiative brings faith leaders and scientists together

July 23, 2019

The faithful are powered by belief; scientists demand proof. What if the two groups joined forces to protect the earth? That's the goal of the Loka Initiative

Mind, Brain and Emotion

Affective Neuroscience: 25 Years of Progress Studying Adversity, Resilience and Psychopathology

July 17, 2019

The 25th Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion was held in April 2019. We review the past 25 years of advances in the field of affective neuroscience

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Well-Being in Children

Kids’ Sharing Behaviors More Complex Than Previously Thought

July 2, 2019

New research points to evidence of increased cognitive complexity as children grow up that effects prosocial behavior

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Your Well-Being

Healthy Minds in Practice: Kindness Audio Practice

July 2, 2019

In this five minute active practice, you’ll learn how expressing kindness toward others can help you feel more connected.

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Video: Neuroscientist Dr. Richard J. Davidson Answers Emotion Questions | WIRED

Nov 06, 2024

Neuroscientist and Psychologist Dr. Richard J. Davidson joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about our emotions. Are men truly less emotional than women? Can stress cause your brain to shrink? What are chemical imbalances and what do they do to our emotions? Why do we have emotions at all? Dr. Davidson answers these questions and more on Emotion Support.